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Let A=b×c, B=c×a, C=a×b, then the vectors A×(B×C), B×(C×A), andC×(A×B) are

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Collinear
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Coplanar
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Non-coplanar
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Non-collinear
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Solution

The correct option is C Coplanar
We have
¯¯¯¯A×(¯¯¯¯Bׯ¯¯¯C)=(¯¯¯¯A.¯¯¯¯C)¯¯¯¯B(¯¯¯¯A.¯¯¯¯B)¯¯¯¯C
Similarly if other terms are also solved, we will get all the terms in terms of ¯¯¯¯A,¯¯¯¯B,¯¯¯¯C.
Assuming ¯¯¯a,¯¯b,¯¯c are coplanar, we get thus that the above three vectors are coplanar.

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